Change-tray.



N0. 64|,358. Patented Ian. l6, I900.

B. F. BARNES.

CHANGE TRAY.

.' Application filed June 9, 1899.)

( No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURR FRANK BARNES, OF JERSEY CITY, NElV JERSEY.

CHANG E-TRA Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,358, dated January 16, 1900. Application filed June 9, 1899. Serial No. 719,944. (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BURR FRANK BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Change-Trays; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in change-trays which are designed to be used on a counter and so constructed as to make it convenient-for the person receiving the change to pick it up from the concaved surface of the tray; also, for the convenience of the person placing the change in the tray without the necessity of the change being lifted up by the hand, but which is pushed up a trough-shaped projection and into the hollowed-out portion of-the tray, the free end'of said trough-shaped portion or neck being beveled away on its under edge, so that the concaved or hollowed-out portion of the trough or neck will fit a rest in close contact with the table or counter upon which it is held.

More specifically,the present-invention con=- sists in the provision of a change-tray which is preferably of elliptical shape and concaved on its upper surface and provided on its under convex surface with rubber shoes or points, which will prevent the tray moving or sliding on the counter while change is being pushed into the tray or removed therefrom, an integral projection on the side of the tray being concaved and slightly down- 4 wardly inclined, the free beveled edge of which is adapted to rest fiat against the counter, so that a coin can be pushed up the incline from the counter without catching under said free end.

To these ends and to such others as thein- Vention may pertain the same consists in the novel construction and the arrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter morefully of this application, and in which-- described and then'specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tray. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View through the tray, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tray and the trough forming a part thereof. I

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the bowl of the tray, which is preferably elliptical in shape in top elevation and having a concaved bottom to the tray, while the edges of the tray are bent upwardly andof convenient shape, so that the hand of the person receiving the change may easily pick up the change which has been previously deposited on the concaved bottom of the tray. On the under surface of the bottom of the tray are lugs or projections 13, which are preferably made of rubber, so as to prevent the tray sliding when change is being placed into the tray or re- .moved therefrom. -On one of the longitudinal edges of the tray is aconcaved projection or neck 0, which opens into the concaved portion of the tray and is downwardly inclined and has its under surface near its free end beveled off, as at C, so as to rest flat against the counter or table on which the tray is used. This beveled portion should be practically in the same plane as the lower. ends of the rubbersunderneath the tray, so

that said tray will be held in a true upright position.

In operation the change which has been made may be pushed up the inclined concaved trough from the counter without the necessity of its being picked up and allowed 0 to fall into the concaved portion'of the tray, from whence it may be easily picked up by the hand of the person receiving the change. Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A change-tray, having an elongated, el1ip-, tical and concaved bowl portion with up- Wardly-eurved ends, and an inclined trough- In testimony whereof I affix my signature shaped projection integral with one side of in presence of two witnesses. the tray, the rubbers on the under side of the bowl of the tray, the under faces of which rubbers are in a plane With the beveled under surface of the free end of said troughshaped projection, as shown anddeseribed.

BURR. FRANK BARNES.

Witnesses:

J. GARDINER SMITH, H. E. WIETING. 

